Simon Hunt - Non-executive Chairman
Simon Hunt has over 25 years' experience in private equity, predominately with technology businesses. He trained as a corporate lawyer, before moving into venture capital management with Gartmore Investment Management Limited. He later added public company operational and investment banking experience including corporate finance and M&A. He is Non-executive Chairman of GEM Biofuels plc and a non-executive director of AFC Energy plc
John Cusins – Executive Director
John Cusins has held a variety of senior posts in the Investment Banking, Insurance and Asset Management sectors. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before moving to UBS, then took the role of Managing Director at Dresdner Bank London. He was part of the private equity group that acquired Pearl Group Limited in December 2004 and has held a number of senior directorial posts in that business.
Panos Loizou – Executive Director
Panos Loizou has held a variety of senior posts in the consulting, industrial and private equity sectors. After a career with OC&C Strategy Consultants and an MBA from IMD He held senior executive positions with Pepsi Cola International and GE. He then took an Operating Principal role at Compass Partners International, a $1bn private equity fund where he held a number of directorial posts in portfolio companies. Currently he is the Managing Partner of Ariana Capital Partners LLP which is a business advisory firm.
Simon Smith – Executive Director
Simon Smith is a Chartered Accountant with 20 years of experience in the fund management and life insurance sectors, initially in tax management and corporate structuring. He joined Robert Fleming in 1994 after qualifying with Arthur Andersen and joined the Australian life insurance group AMP in 1998. Until October 2010 he was Group Finance Director at LSE listed Phoenix Group Holdings, the closed life fund consolidator having joined in 2005 from Henderson Global Investors following the acquisition of the Pearl life companies.